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Listening to as little as six minutes of bird song has been shown to reduce anxiety. No wonder an estimated 50 million people enjoy feeding feathered friends at a bird feeder. But who really benefits from feeding birds?
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From unexpected sightings in backyard gardens to near-misses — or worse — on our roads, white-tailed deer seem to be everywhere. An extensive study is uncovering new insights into this iconic creature of eastern forests.
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Learning about where native bats roost in winter can help us protect the bat population in N.H.
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This has been an epic season for finding mushrooms. We're just beginning to learn how important the fungi kingdom is for forest health.
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Autumn in New Hampshire is a wonderful time to watch and observe some easily recognizable stages of natural cycles. But there are varying degrees of “cyclical” activity that can be quite complicated.
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New Hampshire's osprey population, in jeopardy 40 years ago, now thrives. We talk about the key to the raptor’s success with a researcher who monitors the population, and find out how to identify an osprey as it migrates.
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Join Dave Anderson, Chris Martin, and members of the Something Wild team past and present at The Rocks in Bethlehem, NH on October 1, for an afternoon of celebration.
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We don't often think of trees when we speak of harvest. But as a society, we consume forest products as much as we do farm products. And sometimes when a tree comes down, it's not to make room for another human edifice, but another tree.
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The sound of crickets invokes warm summer evenings; Nathanial Hawthorne called it "audible stillness." Listen closely to the cricket song, and by doing some math, you can figure out how warm it is!
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New England’s highest peak is unforgiving above treeline. But for some species of flora and fauna, the alpine zone provides exactly what they need to survive.